By: roger23

roger23 — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:39:48 +0000

I know that you like doing tapers this way Glen but I’ll tell you that I still like cutting them on my tablesaw jig I made that runs in the miter slot and I just plane out the saw marks and it is alot safer.

By: tnoll

tnoll — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:27:22 +0000

Looks dangerous to me especially if the legs are longer or fatter so heavier.

By: Mitch Wilson

Mitch Wilson — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:52:14 +0000

This is a great method for making tapered legs. I had never made tapered legs before, but just two days ago, I needed to make nine of them, tapered on all four sides. (Nine legs? They are for a drying shelf for boots that wraps around my radiator.) I have several of Glen’s instructional DVDs (from Woodworker’s Edge) and he explains the method in the first one, although his explanation here is a little more comprehensive. It works like a charm, leaving the legs very smooth and only in need of a light final sanding. (I used cherry.) One thing that would improve this technique would be for you, Glen, to design and fabricate a push stick that is dedicated to this method. I found pushing the legs through on the final pass to cause some anguish, which is amplified some by my being left handed. It gets a little more tricky on the third and fourth sides, since the taper on the first two causes a loss of support against the jointer fence. But this technique definitely is superior to using a bandsaw and handplane.

Comments on: VIDEO – Using a Jointer to Taper Legs for Furniture

By: roger23

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